I yawned as I got up and after rubbing my eyes I got ready for the day. It had been three months since I became a Neopet and I was able to with roberta's help learn just what I can do and seemed my mythology interest influenced by abilities. I can use illusions, fox fire and dragon fire and slight wind manipulation from what we can tell. Flight was a bit easier to do after a visit with a air faerie to help me make it second nature. And I thanked Inari and bahamut that my seven years or practice with a wooden sword before I ended up here helped me be able to be promoted from squire to adept. The missions and tasks I did around town helped me get a sheild and also get a proper blade. That and I forged it myself. Thank you man at arms for showing blacksmith techniques.

It was during a walk through meridell forest did I find someone I wasn't expecting to encounter today. She was a feline like being with pale green fur, four ears which made the illusion of two, a spade tipped tail, dragon like wings, two black horns with red backs and wore a black dress with the bottom looking tattered, black platform boots with the bottom being red and a black spiked collar. But the red sclera and the green iris really hit home who she was. Vira the acara.

She used to be a normal if vain acara until she wished to become the most beautiful acara in neopia. But the wish fell on the wrong ears and the acara became cursed. She got her wish but had become twisted. Tainted. Unlike others who would love to make her out to be a villain I just saw her as someone who got dealt a bad hand and was misunderstood. People tend to forget she is still a person and that she can make mistakes.

And currently I was being held under her as she had tackled me and had me pinned. I had blinked and rose a eyebrow.

"Huh I was wondering when I would encounter you. Though I didn't expect you to be so foreword. I will admit you did surprise me" I said not even being hostle to her and was rewarded by her suddenly having a confused look before getting a embarassed look as she realized what our positions implied.

She spang off me as if electrocuted and tried to bring down her blush stuttering.

"H - hey t-that wasn't W-what I was doing!" She denied and I just got up and brushed myself off.

"Hey we only just met and can you blame for thinking that when my first impression of you is what looks like a glomp? Though with the reputation you got I doubt you had any decent conversation" I said with a shrug.

At this she gave me a odd look.

"Your a odd one aren't you normally neopets just challenge me to a fight and don't make conversation" said vira obviously confused.

"If you mean how your seen as a villain trust me I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt here. I know about the curse placed on you. Others tend to forget you weren't a villain until after the curse was placed on you. By that logic your actions since that curse wasn't entirely you. You became a villain under the influence of the curse twisting you from a vain Neopet into a wrathful one full of pride and a tendency to go berserk if something rivaled your beauty. Im sure there is more to you then that so I'm being curtious" I said deadpan.

Vira's blush deepened as now that she thought about it she did seem to fly into a destructive rage when finding something that rivaled her beauty. Without a good reason to.

"As you can see I'm pretty sure the curse your under is influencing your actions. Considering how long you been under the curse I hope you can find away to prevent it from triggering more berserk episodes. Luckily you still retain parts of your original personality. You still like to visit gardens for example that hasn't changed what did though is you turning the flowers you loved into poisonous plants thanks to that curse. If you are able you might want to look into curse breaking to get rid of that part of the curse. I doubt you want to ruin a garden you went to regularly and possibly helped make" I said before getting ready to take flight.

"I hope you think on the actions you take when not having that curse trigger on you" I said and before I started to lift off vira called out a question.

"Just who are you!" Asked vira curious.

"My name is Windpyre the Ryune. And now I best return to meridell I have a few tasks to complete for the after noon" I said flying off leaving a very confused vira to watch me fly off.

"Windpyre? And did he just rhyme?" Said vira and unknown to her I had just realized the same thing.

"Gah rune and noon sound alike so I unintentionally rhymed that with my current species! Maybe I hang around meridell and brightvale to much that some of the old tounge is rubbing off on me" I said facepalming as I had got out of the forrest and headed back to finish up for the day.

Hmm now that I think about it flying is very relaxing. The wind through the fur, the beat of my wings and just watching the ground fly by. The sun at my back. This must be the freedom birds have.

Landing I remembered my tasks and set off to to them.

-vira-

It has been months since I encountered windpyre and for some odd reason I can't get him out of my mind! He was a enigma! A complete and total mystery! He didn't act like normal neopets and while my past is common knowledge he was the only one to notice something everyone forgot! Even myself. How could I forget my own curse!

So there I was sitting in my home remembering the points he made and unbidden his voice came back in my mind.

'Others tend to forget you weren't a villain until after the curse was placed on you.'

That was true until that wish I wasn't a villain and it wasn't until my transformation did others treated me like one out of both shock and fear and when I began handing out cursed mirrors.

'By that logic your actions since that curse wasn't entirely you.'

That made sense as since the wish to be more beautiful there was a definite change that went deeper then my appearence. My actions to others did shift a bit.

'You became a villain under the influence of the curse twisting you from a vain Neopet into a wrathful one full of pride and a tendency to go berserk if something rivaled your beauty.'

Again there is some truth there. It was because of my vanity that I became this way and I did seem to get angered more easily. And taking pride in my beauty and take offense if something or someone challenged it.

'Im sure there is more to you then that'

I wonder what he meant by that? Is there sides to me that no one bothered to realize about me?

'As you can see I'm pretty sure the curse your under is influencing your actions.'

This had unsettling implications that some part of me had no control over what I do and thinking on that honestly scares me about just kind of deal I agreed to. By the faerie queen what did I get into!

' Considering how long you been under the curse I hope you can find away to prevent it from triggering more berserk episodes.'

Well he has a point there I now know my rage and being offended by my beauty being challenged is a trigger for the curse to activate and make me commit villainous acts. Now that I know what the trigger is I can avoid it and try to restrain myself on that front. With the influence the curse has on me and now that I'm aware of it I can possibly resist it.

' Luckily you still retain parts of your original personality. You still like to visit gardens for example that hasn't changed what did though is you turning the flowers you loved into poisonous plants thanks to that curse.'

Again I see truth there I still like visiting gardens but the turning the flowers I love into poison is another thing that the curse took away from me. Why did that happen. Flowers could be used to enhance my beauty if done right. Roses to compliment my dress and eyes and so forth. Why ruin them by making them posion.

' If you are able you might want to look into curse breaking to get rid of that part of the curse. I doubt you want to ruin a garden you went to regularly and possibly helped make'

Now that was a solution and reminded me that I did used to take up gardening as a hobby since I was arround flowers so much before that wish. Curse breaking could help me figure out what exactly my curse is and how to counter it. It seemed to be layered so I have to be careful on what parts of the curse I remove to prevent triggering what other parts I don't know is even there.

' I hope you think on the actions you take when not having that curse trigger on you'

That was sound advice and what I was doing just now for months looking at my actions and even those from before the wish. He was right vain defined me but now it's a part I don't want to be any more. Not when being vain caused me so much trouble. As beautiful as I am no one appreciates it due to the evil acts I done.

' I didn't expect you to be so foreword'

Gah! Why did I think that! Thats another curiosity about that Ryune! Besides the fact I never heard of a Ryune before he was the first Neopet to actually tease me when it was clear I was about to attack him. The shock of that actually made me stutter from how it could be seen! And that led to the conversation we had.

' Hey we only just met and can you blame for thinking that when my first impression of you is what looks like a glomp?'

In retrospect that wasn't exactly what I had in mind at the time but as first impressions go I practically gave him something to tease me with that started the whole thing.

' Though with the reputation you got I doubt you had any decent conversation'

Again that was true my reputation was not the best or in actuality good and I don't really get decent conversation and that is rare. But he gave me the benefit of the doubt and treated me like a ordinary neopet. Which just adds more to the mystery of windpyre. Who is he that could bring doubt into me on the life I have lived for years! Who with just a brief meeting turned my mind in a twist. And why he has this effect on me! The only thing I can think of to get rid of this headache trying to figure this out is to learn more about him! I know he lives in meridell as that knight uniform was rather known so that's the best to start. But under disguise as my looks are well known and I don't want to be arrested again. The things I do for just to get peace of mind!

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Unknown to both windpyre and vira the results of that meeting signaled a change in neopia and no one knew what this change would bring.

(End chapter)

Okay here is what I can try about expanding vira as a character trying to explore what other sides to her we haven't seen. Considering her supposed lore about the daisy chain bit I can assume gardening is one of her hobbies. Basically I just set the foundation to a story that builds on vira's character and my own personal thoughts when I learned about her lore. I first learned about vira from nightelf's neopets warden force story so thought to look her up. And thus I decided to expand on her as there wasn't much to her lore and the various wiki did add some detail I was missing but I feel like I don't have the full detailed story about her. Her lore is a summary and I doubt anyone can point me to a believable origin story that doesn't make her sound so conceited. The only good one I found was vira written by calico yorki.